The coastal desert of Namibia is located along Africa’s Atlantic coast towards the south-west. The high sand dunes of Namib Desert and the point where the desert meets the sea …
This is Namibia, where the desert meets the ocean. Read More
Everything You Didn’t Want To Know About Using The Toilet In The Medieval Period If you like extreme sports, hiking and rock climbing, we have a post dedicated to you! …
PICO DA TIJUCA – SEE RIO DE JANEIRO AT 360º Read More
taxi (n.) Short for “Taximeter Cab” an automatic meter to record the distance and fare (1898), coined from Medieval Latin taxa “tax, charge.” An earlier English form was taxameter (1894) …
Woman passenger in a taxi cab, New York. 1910. Read More
But it’s not only known for that – Zakopane is home to the world’s biggest snow maze that would even make Stanley Kubrick proud. The giant maze is larger than …
Poland creates the biggest snow maze in the world Read More
The white house on Elliðaey Island, Iceland is often called the “world’s loneliest house” due to its remote location and lack of permanent residents. However, the house is actually a …
World’s loneliest house. Ellidaey Island, Icelan Read More
Hatshepsut’s Mortuary Temple The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut is one of the most beautiful of all of the temples of Ancient Egypt. It is located at Deir el-Bahri (“the Northern …
The Temple of Hatshepsut Read More
A fireman suit from the early 1900s that allowed firefighters to get closer to fires had a built-in sprinkler system in the helmet that connected to a hose nozzle. A …
Early 1900’s fireman suit for the fireman Read More
Most maps grossly misrepresent the size of countries and contribute to confusion. Let’s revise our tools to help us get better results. When talking about digital ethics I often begin …
The world map that reboots your brain Read More
When we were staying in Kanab, UT, we kept seeing travel flyers for a tunnel called Belly of the Dragon. The Belly of the Dragon is a short but interesting-looking …
Belly of the Dragon, a Quick Stop Near Kanab, UT Read More
House of the Dragon pumps the breaks after last week’s spectacular battle episode, yielding some interesting ruminations on sexism and a few baffling turns for the formerly fascinating Daemon Targaryen. …
House of the Dragon hopefully sets up better things to come in slow new episode, “Regent” Read More